Course: Acoustic Guitar Basics

Acoustic Guitar Basics

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About this Course

This course will get you playing the acoustic guitar in no time.

You will learn all the basics needed to get you started, along with strumming patterns that will have you playing songs in a very short period of time. During the videos any chords that are being used will appear onscreen and there are video inlays to give you a closer look at what my left-hand fingers are doing. A visual representation of the strumming patterns will also be shown onscreen where necessary.

The strumming patterns and chord diagrams are included as supplemental materials so they can be downloaded and studied separately from the videos.

The course should take approx. 5 weeks to complete if you are an absolute beginner with no previous experience. Also if you've always wanted to play guitar or tried to learn guitar before but found changing chords or strumming was difficult then this is the course for you.

Basic knowledge

This course is designed for absolute beginners with no previous knowledge of the instrument. Also for students who might have tried learning guitar before but had difficulty with chord changes or strumming. These key parts of learning the instrument are covered in a simple and effective manner

What you will learn

How to hold the guitar

Exactly where to place your fingers to play the basic guitar chords

How to read chord diagrams

How to play chords of G, D, C, Em, Am, Cadd9

Basic strumming patterns

How to tune the guitar

How to use a capo

Curriculum

Number of Lectures: 17

Total Duration: 01:47:49

Introduction

2 lectures

07:18

Introduction

00:50

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for taking this course. I hope you will enjoy learning the guitar.

What Guitar do I need?

06:27

In this lecture the differences between steel-string acoustic guitars and classical nylon-strung guitars are explained.

Getting Started

5 lectures

21:09

Names of the strings

02:21

Learn to identify your guitar strings by letter and by number. This is important both for tuning and being able to communicate with other guitarists.

Parts of the Guitar

03:19

It's important to be able to identify the parts of your instrument so in this lecture you will learn the names of the main parts of the guitar.

0:09 Headstock, Tuners, Nut

1:02 Neck, Frets, Fingerboard

2:15 Sound-hole, Body, Top

2:31 Bridge, Saddle, Bridge pins

How to tune the guitar

03:31

Keeping your guitar in tune is going to be really important, learn how in this lecture.

How to hold the guitar

02:49

Learn the correct way to hold the guitar and also some pitfalls to avoid.

0:00 The correct sitting position

1:40 Bad posture

2:20 The right arm position

Your first chord

09:07

A quick test

4 questions

Your first song

2 lectures

15:22

Your first song - A Horse With No Name

09:27

How to read chord diagrams. Also learn the basics of an easy 2 chord song 'A Horse With No Name' by America.

0:00 How to read chord diagrams

0:44 Eminor as a chord diagram

1:40 Your second chord D6/9

3:50 Changing between chords

6:17 Downward strumming

8:42 Advice for practising

Strumming

05:55

This lessons shows you how to expand on the rhythm learned in the previous video.

0:19 Explaining how to include upward strums

1:35 Upward strumming

2:40 Upward strumming with just Em chord

3:55 Upward strumming with Em and D6/9 chords

4:35 Some tips on what to watch out for

Another test

4 questions

More Chords

4 lectures

36:36

D Major, C add 9 and G Major chords

10:51

Learn 3 new chords in this lesson with some tips to help you change between them easily.

0:39 'A Horse With No Name' at faster pace

1:49 The D chord

3:59 Cadd9 chord

5:10 The G chord

6:18 Alternative way of playing the G chord

7:10 Changing between the chords

Sweet Home Alabama

07:09

In this lesson we are going to take the 3 chords from the previous video and start to turn them into 'Sweet Home Alabama' by Lynyrd Skynyrd

0:29 The chord sequence 4 beats per chord

3:01 The chord sequence with 2 beats for D, 2 beats for Cadd9 and 4 beats for G

6:01 Strumming through the chord sequence

Targeting 'Root' notes

04:32

For some chords we don't want to play all of the strings. This lesson explains how.

0:22 What strings to play for D chord

0:55 What strings to play for Cadd9 chord

1:04 What strings to play for G chord

1:14 Adding some rhythm

2:10 Tips on how to practise for this lesson

Good Riddance - Green Day

14:03

This lesson shows you how to put 4 of the chords you have learned into a song by Green Day, 'Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)'

0:55 First chord sequence in the song

3:08 Bars explained

3:45 Strumming the first sequence

5:00 Changing between Em and D

6:00 Second chord sequence

8:21 Third chord sequence

10:00 The entire song

12:03 Practising slowly

More Rhythm and More Chords

3 lectures

26:58

Improve your rhythm

07:52

Learn how to improve your rhythm in this lesson

0:35 Review of downward strumming

1:06 Down and up strums

1:22 New rhythm without up strum after 1st beat

2:58 Rhythm without downward strum on 3rd beat

4:47 Adding this rhythm to 'A Horse With No Name'

6:38 Adding rhythm to 'Good Riddance'

Stand By Me - C chord

12:09

Your next chord is C major, learn where to place your fingers for this chord and add it to Em, G and D to play 'Stand By Me'

0:00 C major chord

1:10 Chord sequence for <em>'Stand By Me'</em>

2:00 Changing from Em to C

3:08 Changing from C to D

4:12 Strumming the chord sequence

5:58 Review of the rhythm

6:31 Adding the rhythm to the chords

7:38 Using a Capo

10:26 Strumming the song with capo at 2nd fret

11:16 Avoiding the 6th string

Knockin' On Heavens Door - Am chord

06:56

Learn the A minor chord and combine it with G, D and C chords to play 'Knockin' On Heavens Door'

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